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[bookish-rival]

❄️✨ THE BEAST HAS AWAKENED ✨❄️

The cover for 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬 is here in all its snow-kissed, frost-bitten glory—and I’m still not over it!! 💙⚔️

Catherine Doyle’s next standalone novel and the conclusion to the 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬 series brings us back to the ruthless kingdom of Gevra and into the icy orbit of the one and only Alarik Felsing. But this time... he’s met his match:

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘬, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦—𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘦𝘷𝘳𝘢. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥’𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳: 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘐𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘯.

𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭—𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦'𝘴 𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘬’𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯—𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.

After reading 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬, Greta has become my favorite book character ever— I feel so connected to her, and I can’t wait for everyone to meet and fall in love with Greta—just like Alarik (and I) did. 👑✨️

❄️Release Date: January 29, 2026 – mark your calendars, frostlings.

[sophiekrd226]

ACOWAR (Elain): “You (Lucien) betrayed us.”...

CHD—Sarah: "you've been forcibly essentially married to a stranger who also was like involved in bringing you into this world and like betraying you (Lucien)"...

Do these people forget TOG? (Spoiler) do they forget how Aelin NEVER got over Chaol's "betrayal"? She didn't end up with him, they didn't overcome the betrayal together as a couple, they both found love with other people.

So NO, Elain and Lucien's relationship is not about "overcoming" anything, It's not "she'll reject the bond and realize she loves Lucien" ... it's about showing that they're incompatible, that Elain isn't going to force herself to be with him and that a woman CAN choose freely and without consequences (because no, she isn't going to keep feeling something after rejecting the bond).

So STOP creating a narrative that's completely different from what Sarah has been developing with Elain!

Unfortunately for you, you're not going to get the story you want and you're going to have to bleed from your eyes, because it HAS ALWAYS BEEN and ALWAYS WILL BE about Elain telling Lucien to go to hell, healing from the trauma Lucien caused her with the help of her friends (NUALA AND CERRIDWEN, them, not Vassa and Jurian), accepting her powers, developing that different kind of strength and freely choosing Az, all while the main plot moves forward. Yes, the actual plot, not the one people have invented to make their fanfic/BC ships fit and twist the story to the point where it's just pathetic...

Elain's book (ACOTAR 6, 7, and 8) is going to be incredible!

[flawlesssbee]

I hate that some of you act like Elain and Azriel suddenly became a thing after Nessian.

NO. I DARE SAY ELRIEL WAS THERE BEFORE.

They have been right there since Acomaf. It’s been sitting on the page for the last four books. For a damn decade at this point.

The only thing that stopped Elriel from being the second couple was Lucien blurting out, “You’re my mate” to a traumatized Elain the literal second poor girl came out of the cauldron.

Elriel’s dynamic was already being built.

While Cassian was busy glaring at the sisters and judging them over Feyre, Azriel was reciting poetry to Elain, paying attention to her, smiling at this human girl he’d literally just met and empathizing with her (which earned him a glare from Cas btw) (which Az ignored and smiled at Elain again)

So when people go, “Ugh, 3 sisters / 3 brothers is so predictable and boring,” I just have to laughhh.

Would you say that if Elriel had become the second couple and Nessian had been the third? Or is it only “too predictable and boring” because you guys don’t like Elain?

DO WHATEVER YOU DO BUT DO NOT PRETEND ELRIEL WAS NOT T H E R E FOR A DECADE.

We are not trying to make up a ship for the next book. THEY WERE THERE. And not just in the BC

Also yall want us to believe ending up with your fated mate is the “less predictable” path in a SJM book? Please ugh.

[deadlyprettyy]

“Elain is weak”

“Elain is boring”

Elain is not for you!!!! Elain is for the girls who were constantly talked to and under estimated. Elain is for the girls whose femininity was constantly mocked until they hid it. Elain is for the girls who put everyone before themselves and still came up short.

[luvselen]

As we get closer to ACOTAR 6 and 7, Gwynriels and Eluciens have suddenly started claiming that Elriels are saying and doing the exact things they themselves have been doing for years.

​"Elriels say Azriel deserves Elain and deserves to be happy just because he suffered so much." No, honey. That was literally what Eluciens were saying about Lucien.

​"For 5 years, Elriels harassed fans in the comment sections of Gwynriel and Elucien videos on tiktok." Give me a break. Open any Elriel video right now and you will instantly see comments like: "No, it’s going to be Gwyn and Azriel," "No, sorry but Elain doesn’t deserve Azriel," or my personal favorite, "Lucien deserves to be happy."

​"For 5 years, Elriels made us look like idiots." Well, you guys acting foolish, but it’s mostly Gwynriels and Eluciens who have been doing that by constantly gaslighting people with stupid comments like "Did you even read the bonus chapter?"

"Elriels hate Gwyn and they came up with the 'evil Gwyn' theory." ​First of all, Elriels do not hate Gwyn. We are literally just pointing out her actual role and positioning in the books. Furthermore, most Elriels who discuss the Lightsinger theory explicitly state that Gwyn isn't necessarily 'evil,' but rather that she is likely unaware of her own powers.

​The real issue here is that Gwynriels genuinely hate Elain and are deeply envious of her established position in the story. That’s exactly why they try to strip away everything Elain has and desperately hand it over to Gwyn.

[cdalexsworld]

“Elain should’ve just grown vegetables” has the same energy as “just print more money to end poverty.”

Feyre was the one bringing her flower seeds, the soil wasn’t fertile enough for crops, and Elain wanted to learn… but it’s easy to forget all that, I guess.

[cdalexsworld]

“If you didn’t read the bonus chapter, that’s your problem.”

uhm… what?

I’m lucky because I can read English and go hunt down bonus chapters online if I want to. But what about the readers who don’t speak English? What about the readers who never even knew these chapters existed? What about the readers whose editions didn’t include them?

Are they supposed to be considered lesser fans? Less capable of understanding the story? Because that’s honestly what this argument starts sounding like after a while.

I like theories. I think theories are one of the best parts of fandom culture. They’re fun, they’re creative, and they’re a huge reason ACOTAR has stayed alive for five years without a new book. I fully acknowledge that.

I’m not even talking about ships here.

But what I find strange is when someone’s strongest arguments and biggest theories rely almost entirely on a retailer-exclusive bonus chapter, and then they turn around and say that anyone who hasn’t read it can basically go fuck themselves (?????)

Is there a hierarchy of fans that I missed?

Maybe I take it a little personally because I genuinely had no idea Azriel’s bonus chapter even existed before March.

Bonus chapters are called bonus chapters for a reason.

They’re extra content. Interesting? Absolutely. Worth discussing? Of course.

But that’s it.

Anyway, bringing up other SJM books that everyone has access to isn’t quite the same thing.

Did the crossover annoy a lot of people? Sure. But I highly doubt the next Acotar book won’t include some kind of recap for readers who haven’t read CC. They’re still two separate series, after all.

At most, it’s extra context. If you don’t read it, you miss a little, but you’ll still be able to follow the story. 😭

[furtivelywanderingturtle]

"So, anyone who believes that this bonus chapter isn't important or won't contribute to the story because some people haven't read it is in for a BIG surprise in the next books. That's because, if it wasn't relevant to the story, she wouldn't have written it."

My bestie didn't read the bc in acomaf and she read the next books without any problem... So, why the h*ll it won't happen the same with this one?

Because Gwyn was in this one!

A SIDE CHARACTER! OMG! THE NEWS OF THE YEAR! A SC TOOK PART IN A BC! OMG! EVERYONE, MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Anyway...

Yeah, but the bc in acomaf was about nessian and now they are endgame! The same will happen with gwynriel!

Gwynriel? I think I heard wrong... 'Cause this bc had to do with how much Elain and Az wanted to f*ck each other... So, based on the bonus chapter, elriel could be endgame too and... OOPS! THEY ALREADY ARE! Intesting, don't you thik so?

[allergictononsense]

valkyrie fans talking about people “stealing things from other characters” is rich considering most nesta fans want everything feyre has and gwynniffer fans would put that girl in an elain skinsuit if they could. please shut the fuck up lmao.

[acourtofquietdreamers]

Calling Elain toxic for almost kissing Azriel while Lucien is upstairs is not you just “admitting Elain has flaws”. Because Elain acting on her feelings for Azriel isn’t a flaw. You don’t have to ship them, but villainizing the female character because she doesn’t want the man you want her to want is weird.

Elain owes Lucien nothing.

Not a conversation. Not her loyalty. Nothing.

He is entitled to nothing from her. Not even a bond rejection.

Elain being complacent and not helping Feyre while they were in the cabin? That’s a character flaw. Two consenting and single adults almost kissing never will be.

[rosiethorns88]

Dropping the latest Sketch-a-Wish, voted on by my lovely Patreon members for the month of February! (Still behind, but catching uuuup) Featuring Will and Tessa from the Infernal Devices by Cassie Clare, precariously sneaking a smooch before the inevitable plot interruption!

Gosh there so much detail on her dress that's being covered up by the balcony rail, but perfectly set up for a possible animated version - always good to have that prepped!

[luvselen]

I honestly need Elain’s book to have a more positive vibe. Nesta’s headspace and worldview were so draining that it took me three months to get through acosf. The book gave off such negative energy that I could only read it once, and I literally had to reread Feyre’s books afterward as a palate cleanser. I’m hoping for some positive energy from Elain. I know there will be sad moments, but I just need her inner thoughts to not be so exhausting.

[echotzzz]

Nuala and Cerridwen also have mysterious origin. We will definitely know more about wraith in the future books.

Nuala and Cerridwen, who had finished setting combs of mother-of-pearl into my hair, took one look at the delicate female and vanished into puffs of smoke. “Skittish things,” Amren said, her red lips cutting a cruel line. “Wraiths always are.” “Wraiths?” I twisted in the seat before the vanity. “I thought they were High Fae.” “Half,” Amren said, surveying my turquoise, cobalt, and white clothes. “Wraiths are nothing but shadow and mist, able to walk through walls, stone—you name it. I don’t even want to know how those two were conceived. High Fae will stick their cocks anywhere.” I choked on what could have been a laugh or a cough. “They make good spies.”

The twins are interesting people and deserve to have their stories told. How they able to work with Rhys? Where are their parents? Their interest? Their dreams?

[starboundhearts]

“Elain had always been gentle and sweet—and I had considered it a different sort of strength. A better strength. To look at the hardness of the world and choose, over and over, to love, to be kind. She had been always so full of light.” ✨

[karmaliciouslife]

Elain Archeron

Love interest: Azriel

Bat boy brother: Rhysand

Dearest friends: Nuala and Cerridwen

Jesus christ, this is the most insane roster yet. Also, we will have 3 PHYSICAL BOOKS in our hands in the coming months. All revolving around this beautiful, gentle, and quiet-steeled Seer. Throughout her writing process, I just know that SJM never fully realized how great the potential Elain's story has.

I'm just so excited to get to know her better 😭

[echotzzz]

If antis think Nuala and Cerridwen are irrelevant and unimportant then this quoted part from SJM and Katherine Webber’s Hosab Interview said otherwise:

“Actual history of the female spies in WW2 and how bad ass, and the enormous sacrifies that they made and like no one knows about these women, that they came from, like they weren’t like trained from birth, like assassins, they were housewives and secretary type, like most people never would look twice at and that’s why they were selected for a lot of these missions, because they can blend in easily, but then they were also train to kill with their bare hands”

So when antis dismiss them as being just Rhysand’s servant, know that Rhys/SJM think highly of them and how important they are especially in the missions for the NC.

[echotzzz]

why is it so hard to understand that N&C are important to ELAIN’S STORY, the same way E&G are important to NESTA’S STORY???

In the Trilogy, Mor and Amren have so many page count because the story is from Feyre’s POV. Where is Gwyn and Emerie in the Trilogy? NONE. Why? coz they are not needed to enhance Feyre’s story. They have no use for Feyre.

The twins have their role in the trilogy as a tertiary side character because of their association with Rhysand. Only there as helpers rather than being Feyre’s friends.

Theres a reason why the twins are only refered to as “half wraith twins” from Nesta’s pov, bcoz thats literally what they are to Nesta. Are they important to Nesta’s story? NO.

Will Emerie and Gwyn have a big role in Elain’s story? NO. At most Elain might knew them as “Nesta’s friend”. But does it diminish their importance in the Acotar series? NO. But in Elain’s story? YES.

Will the twins have more role in Elain’s story? YES. For the sole reason of what they are to Elain. Friends who she spent a lot of time with. How much and who the main character spent their time with influence the importance of the side characters involved.

N&C will get this “investment” when we read Elain’s story.

So stop being superior over nothing. The reason Elain’s stan putting Nuala and Cerridwen as important because we know they will appear in Elain’s book. We theorise so much abt them because the possibility of them being spies together compared to Gwyn riding pegasus is much higher where Elain’s book is concerned.